Chapter 5 5

The next morning, Yuriko who was still lying on the bed suddenly heard a miserable cry. At this time, the alarm clock next to the bed was pointing to seven o'clock, which was the time for Yuriko to get up every day.Since the ringing of the alarm clock would startle her suddenly, Yoshie wakes up Yuriko every morning.The miserable voice just now seemed to be made by Ji Jiang. "What's wrong?" This was Taisan's unhurried voice, and then footsteps sounded in the corridor. "Yu, Miss Yuriko, she..." Ji Jiang was still terrified.Hearing Yoshie's words, Yuriko hurriedly put on a short coat over her pajamas and ran out of the room, "Yuriko!" Almost at the same time, Taisan also heard Yoshie's exclamation.

Yoshie had been standing at the door of another room in the corridor, her eyes widened in horror when she saw Yuriko: "Ah, I made a mistake, that's Miss Naoko!" Taisan's shout came from inside the room. "What happened?" Yuriko stood behind Yoshie and looked into the room. At this moment, she covered her eyes with her hands, and then her knees softened and she fell down. "Ah! Miss." Yoshie screamed and supported Yuriko. Naoko in the room collapsed on the bed. "So, this room was originally Miss Riko's bedroom?" A sharp-eyed man pointed at Yuriko with a ballpoint pen and asked.He is a high-ranking criminal police officer in the investigation department of the police station.A moderate figure, coupled with a dark face, gives people a shrewd and capable feeling.

The investigation of the case was conducted in the reception room of Taisanjia.In addition to Yuriko, there are Taisan, Yoshie and Hayama.Ye Shan was called by Tai San asking Ji Jiang to call the police before calling the police. In response to the policeman's question, Yuriko nodded stiffly: "Yes." "So, you slept in Miss Naoko's room? Why did you change rooms?" "I was taking a shower when my sister came back last night, and she was already asleep in my bed when I came out." "Really? Did things like this happen often before?" "No, very rarely...I think my sister is probably drunk."

"possible." Takama nodded, turned to everyone and asked, "Does Miss Naoko often come back after being drunk?" "Yes, it's often like this." It was still Yuriko who answered. "Last night, it was said that the company had a party." "Really... which company does she work for?" "Nakura Pharmaceuticals." Taisan said.Takama nodded and whispered something to a young detective nearby, who immediately went out. The high-level detective turned his attention to Yuriko again: "Does anyone know that room you live in?" Yuriko closed her eyes lightly and thought for a while and told the police: "My relatives and friends know it, and people who often come to the house, such as the people in my father's laboratory, should also know it."

After hearing Yuriko's words, the detective tapped his notepad with a ballpoint pen and said, "That means many people know about it, right?" "Is the criminal among these people?" Tai San asked in great pain.After hearing this, the detective said with a heavy expression, "It's possible. Therefore, the criminal is not going to kill Naoko but Yuriko." "Why did you kill Yuriko?" After a moment of silence, Taisan asked.The sound seemed to be squeezed out with great difficulty.Yuriko stared up at the ceiling expressionlessly. "We don't know about it yet, and that's exactly what we want to investigate." Then, the detective turned to Yuriko, "How is it, do you have any clues?"

She shook her head slowly, not so much as a clue, but as a sign that this is something that is unimaginable now. "Could it be that the criminal didn't want to kill Yuriko, but just murdered for money?" said Hayama, who had been standing silently by the side.Needless to say, Taizo must have kept him from telling about Yuriko's pregnancy. Officer Gaoma turned his hound-like eyes to the doctor, "Although it cannot be said that this possibility is absolutely impossible, there is no trace of theft from the scene." "But no matter how dark the room is, it's not enough to misidentify someone... right?"

"I'm not sure, are you? Yuriko and Naoko are about the same size, and for criminals, it's unexpected that they changed rooms last night, and... have you seen the wound?" "Look." Ye Shan said.He was there first when the police came, so he was there for the autopsy.Naoko was stabbed into the heart from the back with a knife. There was no murder weapon at the scene. According to the medical examiner who performed the autopsy, it looked like a traveling knife was used from the wound. "Miss Naoko was injured on her back. Maybe she was sleeping on her stomach when she was attacked. This can explain why the criminal couldn't see the victim's face clearly."

Maybe because he agreed with the police officer, Ha Shan didn't say anything more. "Although," the criminal policeman looked at the crowd and said, "we can't draw conclusions until the results of the autopsy come out. However, judging from the current situation, it can be inferred that the time of the murder was between one and two o'clock at night. That is to say, the criminal also They sneaked into the room at this time. Therefore, the route of the criminal's invasion is——" Officer Takama pointed behind Taizo and Yuriko, "I think it should be to climb over the courtyard wall there, and then go through the courtyard to the toilet , entered Miss Yuriko's room through the window of the toilet. It is inferred that the window of the toilet is not locked, and the door of the two sisters' room is also unlocked, so it is not difficult for criminals to come in. Then, at one o'clock last night Didn't you hear any unusual noises until two o'clock? I think if a stranger comes in at home, there will always be some noise, right?"

The detective slowly looked at everyone present, Yuriko looked hesitant: "That..." The detective fixed his eyes on her face. "I remember waking up once, but I don't know if there was any sound." "What time is that?" "I looked at my watch at the time, but I didn't turn on the light and I didn't see it clearly. I think it may be past one o'clock." "This can be used as a reference." Then, the criminal police asked Tai San and Ji Jiang again, hoping that they could provide some clues, but their rooms were far away, so they heard nothing.

So far, the investigation has temporarily come to an end.So everyone stood up and walked out.At this moment, police officer Gaoma stopped Dr. Hayama who was about to walk out of the room, saying that there was an important matter that he forgot to ask him just now. "What's the matter?" Ye Shan asked in a slightly blunt tone, but the detective's tone was more relaxed. "Can you tell me where you were between one and two last night?" Ye Shan looked at the police officer's face, and then controlled his emotions: "Are you suspicious of me?" The policeman shook his head, "We are going to question everyone involved. For the investigation, we need to collect a lot of information, please don't mind, tell me."

Ye Shan looked at Tai San, whose expression seemed to say: There is no other way.So Ye Shan nodded and told the criminal police: "I'm at home." Then he added: "But there are no witnesses, because I live alone." Hayama also lives in an apartment nearby.Before coming to Thailand, he worked in a university hospital. "It was really late at that time." After saying this, Officer Gaoma didn't ask any more questions. Then Taisan called the academy and told them that he couldn't go to the meeting today. The conference affairs group asked him why he was absent, but he really couldn't answer. Soon a press conference was held, and the chief of the police station under his jurisdiction reported the case.Taisan also attended the press conference and answered questions from reporters. The assistant Kanzaki came at around nine o'clock in the morning. At that time, the press conference had just ended and the detectives were about to return to the police station.He came to pick Taisan to a meeting, and only then did he know that a murder had occurred at the teacher's house. Taizo, who was sitting in the dining room, was exhausted, when Kanzaki came.Tai San looked up at his face, then shook his head feebly. "Sorry, you are..." Seeing him coming in a hurry, Officer Takama walked over with a black notebook in his right hand. "I am the teacher's assistant Kanzaki." He replied. "What are you doing here?" "I'm here to pick up the teacher for a meeting." Kanzaki explained to the detective his relationship with Taizo and the fact that he was going to attend the academy today.Takama listened and showed approval. "where do you live?" Kanzaki told me where he lived.Probably knowing that his residence is very close to here, Takama's eyes flickered inadvertently. "I'm sorry. However, I wish you could tell me where you were between one and two last night?" On the contrary, Kanzaki's eyes lit up after hearing those words. "Are you looking for alibi?" The criminal policeman stretched out his hand in front of him and shook, "Please don't mind, this is our investigation procedure, please explain." Kanzaki crossed his arms in front of his chest, turned his head and thought for a moment, "If there was someone who could testify for me last night, I would definitely bring them for you to take a look at, but unfortunately there is none. I live alone in the apartment , of course no one has testified for me." The criminal policeman shrank his neck, and a smile appeared on his face: "That's what everyone said, and I think so too." The detective then thanked him for accepting the investigation and left. When the police disappeared completely, Taizou, Yuriko, Hayama, Kanzaki and Yoshie sat down around the table.Everyone drank tea in silence.Taisan and the others didn't eat in the morning, but no one mentioned the matter of eating. "I'm sorry." Taisan said thoughtfully, everyone's eyes focused on his face, "I want to be alone with Yuriko for a while." Yoshie stood up first, and walked towards the kitchen with the kettle, then Hayama and Kanzaki glanced at each other, and stood up silently. Only Taizo and Yuriko were left in the dining room. Taizo closed his eyes as if thinking about something, then opened his eyes and stared at Yuriko. "You still don't want to say the man's name?" Yuriko turned to her father blankly, as if she hadn't figured out what her father was talking about. "What are you talking about, at this time..." "It is precisely because of this time... because this kind of thing happened at this time that we need to ask clearly." There seemed to be some kind of determination in Taisan's voice. "Does it matter?" "Speak out." He seemed to be deliberately controlling his emotions, and squeezed out each word: "You are the one who is going to kill you! But I don't know who is going to kill you. What I mean is , I don’t know many things about you, and this is the key to this case. You keep a lot of secrets from me, I think the biggest secret is who is the father of the child in your belly. So, you must Say the man's name." "That person has nothing to do with it." "Don't you understand yet?" Tai San stood up when the phone next to him rang. He stood there staring at his daughter angrily before walking towards the phone. It was the detective who called.Tai San asked them to wait for a while, then switched the call to the study. "I was just about to call you." Taisan walked into the study, picked up the phone and said in a low voice. "Deeply saddened by this incident." The detective's voice was still ruthless and businesslike, but it was strange that this voice deeply moved Taizou. "You all know?" He sensed from the detective's questioning that the other party already knew.Yes, they were supposed to keep an eye on Yuriko, so it was impossible not to know that something of this magnitude was going on. The detective didn't answer him, but asked, "What should I do?" "It's very troublesome. I was going to ask about this too. Now if you invest a lot of time, the police will definitely find out. I'm worried that Yuriko's pregnancy will be exposed." "Oh no, that's not what I meant when I called." The detective's tone was still so calm. "If you want to kill Yuriko, the police will naturally think that it may be a love murder and investigate the men around her. Obviously, the police will not conduct secret investigations like ours, and it must be carried out with great fanfare. It's only a matter of time before the man we're dating. So, the question is, in this case, does Ohara-san want us to continue the investigation?" Taisan thought: This is indeed a problem.When a young girl is killed, the man involved will definitely be the subject of investigation, which is routine.He remembered which book said so. "Indeed... there is this problem." "So, what should we do?" "Is there any other way?" After a moment of silence, the detective said: "I think through the police investigation, Mr. Ohara's original purpose can be easily achieved. However, if the murderer is not the same man as the man she was with, this man will be hiding in one place Observe quietly. Before the police solve this case, we'd better stop the investigation and wait until the case is over. If it is still unclear who Ms. Yuriko's boyfriend is, then we will re-investigate. What do you think?" The detective's proposal seems to be very safe. The man who is dating Yuriko might hide somewhere. Is there really such a thing?Of course, no matter how much Tai San thinks now, he can't figure it out. "Understood, let's do it." He said so, but he felt very bad.Still, he put down the phone.